The city of North Bend , Ore. , was hit with a ransomware attack Attack.Ransom which temporarily locked out city workers from their computers and databases . “ One weekend morning a few weeks back all of our servers and things locked up , and we received a ransomware note that asked for Attack.Ransom $ 50,000 in Bitcoin these people would provide us with the code to unlock our computer systems , ” North Bend City Administrator Terence O ’ Connor told The World . Fortunately the city ’ s IT systems were backed up and officials were able to avoid the high ransom demanded Attack.Ransom by the criminals responsible for the attack Attack.Ransom . City officials did , however , call in the FBI to investigate the attack and while they were unable to identify anyone directly involved in the attack , they were able to trace the ransom demand Attack.Ransom to Romania . O ’ Connor added that the attack appeared to be a more sophisticated ransomware where there are two keys needed to unlock your system with one planted in the system and the other is held by the culprit . The city was insured and ended up having to pay Attack.Ransom around $ 5,000 in out of pocket expenses as well as added a firewall security to prevent future attacks .